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en-wikipedia-org-9371		Moral rationalism - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1193	188	50	Moral rationalism, also called ethical rationalism, is a view in meta-ethics (specifically the epistemology of ethics) according to which moral principles are knowable a priori, by reason alone.[1] Some prominent figures in the history of philosophy who have defended moral rationalism are Plato and Immanuel Kant. Perhaps the most prominent figure in the history of philosophy who has rejected moral rationalism is David Hume. Recent philosophers who have defended moral rationalism include Richard Hare, Christine Korsgaard, Alan Gewirth, and Michael Smith. Moral rationalism is similar to the rationalist version of ethical intuitionism; however, they are distinct views. So, rationalist ethical intuitionism implies moral rationalism, but the reverse does not hold. Christine Korsgaard's elaboration of Kantian reasoning tries to show that if ethics is actually based on practical reasoning, this shows that it can be objective and universal, without having to appeal to questionable metaphysical assumptions. The Ideal of a Rational Morality.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-9371.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-9371.txt